Sec. 1703. Global strategy for gender equality
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The strategy required under section 1019 with respect to fostering gender equality shall be known as the Global Strategy for Gender Equality . The Global Strategy for Gender Equality shall include, in addition to the elements required under section 1019(b), plans for achieving the goal and objectives in section 1702. The Global Strategy for Gender Equality should— be coordinated and integrated with the comprehensive international strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls, as required under section 3203, and with each sector strategy of development, as described in section 1019; include plans for preventing child marriage; address the ways in which the exclusion of, and discrimination against, women hinders economic growth and heightens the risks of conflict and instability; discuss exclusionary and discriminatory practices that are particularly harmful for the achievement of United States development goals and identify the countries in which such practices occur; include plans for hiring, training, deploying and retaining a diverse USAID workforce with appropriate expertise and responsibility for promoting women’s empowerment, gender equality and gender integration around the world; establish policy and guidance for integrating gender considerations into all other international development strategies and programs; ensure that the goal and objectives of this chapter are reflected in the USAID’s procurement regulations and procedures; and build accountability for gender integration into monitoring and evaluation systems.
The Global Strategy for Equality shall be prepared by the Director of the Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, in coordination with the Policy, Planning and Learning Bureau and the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues.